Cow hopple



0. L. EADES. cow HOPPLE.

FILED JULY 15, 1920.

Mar. 6, 1923;

Patented Mar. 6, 1923.

CHARLES L. EADES, MUTUAL, OKLAHOMA.

COW HOPPLE.

Application filed July 15, 1920. Serial No. 396,400.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES L. EADns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mutual, in the county of Woodward and State of Oklahoma,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cow Hopples; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in cow hopples ofthe type having leg engaging elements or hooks and has for its primaryobject the provision of a lever and link connection between saidelements that will permit a considerable leverage to be obtained fordrawing and holding the legs of a cow together and which will preventthe cow from kicking with either le Another object of this invention isthe provision of a cow hopple of the above stated character, which shallbe simple, durable, and eflicient, and whichmay be manufactured and soldat a comparatively low cost. With these and other objects in view aswill become more apparent as the description proceeds, the inventionconsists in certain novel features of construction, combination, andarrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described andclaimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a perspective view, illustrating a hopple constructed in accordancewith my invention and applied to a cow,

Figure 2 is a plan view illustrating a hopple in an open position,

Figure 3 is a similar View with the hopple in a closed position,

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numerals 1 and 2 indicat legengaging elements or hooks that are adapted to be aplied to the cowshind legs as illustrated in igure 1 and each element consists of a shank3 having one end bent to form a hook 4 to receive the cows leg and itsother end bent to form an eye 5. The eye 5 of the leg engaging element 1has pivotal connection with a link 6 that has its other end pivoted toone end of a lever 7.

The lever 7 consists of a handle portion 8 that has formed on one end acurved portion 9 that is extended to form an arm 10. The end of the arm10 and the end of the link 6 are pivotally connected as illustrated at11. A link 12 is pivoted to the arm 10 at its point of formation withthe curved end 9 of the lever and has an opening 13 in its other end towhich a flexible element or chain 14 is connected. The other end of thechain or flexible element 14: is extended through the eye in the legengaging element 2, thus it will be seen that the leg engaging elementsare capable of being positioned a considerable distance apart so thatthey can be readily and quickly applied to the legs of a cow, and onswinging the handle portion 8 of the lever 7 in parallel relation to theshank 3 of the leg engaging element 1, said leg engaging elements willbe moved into close proximity to each other drawing the legs of the cowclose together and holding them against any action of kicking. Thehandle 8 is offset as illustrated at 16 to form a hand grip and a keeper17 is secured to the shank 3 of the leg engaging element 1 and isadapted to receive the handle 8 adj acent the offset portion 6 and beretained therein by means of a pivoted element 18 carried bv the keeper17, thus firmly locking the device on the legs of a cow.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction,combination, and arrangement of parts may be made without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention what is claimed is A hopplecomprising leg engaging elements each consisting in a shank having oneend inwardly curved and its other end provided with a leg engaging hooka link bar pivoted at one end to the curved end of one of said legengaging elements, chain links connected to th curved end of the otherleg engaging element, a link bar connected at one of the leg elementsfor engagement with 10 one end to the chain link, a lever having anthesaid other straight portion of said lever. gularly related straightportions and an in- In testimony whereof I afix my signature termeiliatecurved portion, one of the in presence of two witnesses.

strai 1t portions of the lever being pivotall conn otedtotheother endsofsaid. link bar; CHARLES EADES' a handle connected to the other straightpor- Witnesses: tion of the lever and offset therefrom, and a W. R.CLAPHAM, retaining element carried by th shank of MARY C. MYERS.

